Eating to Ease Anxiety

Nicola Dehlinger, ND As the days start to shorten and an autumn chill comes back into the evening air, many people start to experience an uptick in feelings of anxiousness. Anticipating dark cold days, returning to school, and letting go of the “freedom” of summer can cause us to worry more, and feel less at […]

Social Contact Important in Preventing Dementia

Razi Berry Being more socially active in your 50s and 60s predicts a lower risk of developing dementia later on, finds a new UCL-led study. The longitudinal study, published in PLOS Medicine, reports the most robust evidence to date that social contact earlier in life could play an important role in staving off dementia. Socially […]

065: How To Heal Physical Symptoms Using The Power Of The Mind & Emotions w/ Dr. Brandy Gillmore

Love Is Medicine Podcast 065: How To Heal Physical Symptoms Using The Power Of The Mind & Emotions w/ Dr. Brandy Gillmore

After seven years of suffering from chronic nerve pain that left her bedridden, Dr. Brandy Gillmore decided to stop listening to the doctors saying ‘there was nothing that could be done’ and take her healing measures into her own hands. Fascinated by the power of placebo, and eventually finding true physical healing through mental stimulation, Dr. Gillmore has been on the path to sharing this knowledge with others ever since.

If You Smoke Pot, Your Anesthesiologist Needs to Know

Razi Berry When Colorado legalized marijuana, it became a pioneer in creating new policies to deal with the drug. Now the state’s surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists are becoming pioneers of a different sort in understanding what weed may do to patients going under the knife. Observations and initial research show that marijuana use may affect […]

Higher Vitamin A Intake Linked to Less Skin Cancer

Razi Berry Researchers found that people who ate high levels of vitamin A were 17 percent less likely to get the second-most-common type of skin cancer years later. The findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology. Two long-term observational studies on Vitamin-A and reduction in risk for second-most-common  type of […]

Art-Based Mindfulness Helps Reduce Headaches in Teen Girls

Razi Berry Teenagers report higher levels of stress than adults, and cite school as the highest contributing factor, according to the American Psychological Association’s annual report. A summary from 2013 concluded that while stress among Americans was not new, “what’s troubling is the stress outlook for teens in the United States.” Stress outlook for teens […]